The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.

The artist begins with a vision - a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.

If it is practiced by a man of taste, the photograph will have the appearance of art (but) the photographer must...intervene as little as possible, so as not to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

Photographs will always be impressive because they show us nature, and all artists will find in them a world of sensations. The photographer must therefore intervene as little as possible, so as not to cause photography to lose the objective charm which it naturally possesses, notwithstanding its defects.

Exactitude is not truth.

One must, of course, have one's entire experience behind one and not have lost the freshness of instinct.